DOM Research Ride Podcast

The Department of Medicine Research Ride podcast highlights our department’s brilliant and passionate researchers and their cross-cutting research programs. Learn more at the following link https://med.emory.edu/departments/medicine/research/support-programs-resources/research-ride-podcast.html

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Meet our Host: Dr. Charles Searles

The Research Ride podcast's "ride leader" is Charles (Charlie) Searles, MD, a faculty member in the Division of Cardiology, Associate Vice Chair for Research and Space Management in the Department of Medicine, and a cardiologist at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. Dr. Searles has a basic and translational research program based at the Atlanta VA that currently focuses on the role of intracellular and extracellular microRNAs in the regulation of vascular cell gene expression and the development of integrative analyses of circulating microRNA and metabolomics profiles to identify biomarkers for cardiovascular disease. Dr. Searles is also an avid cyclist. During the week, you might see him riding his bike through campus during his commute to or from work. On the weekend, you might see him riding his bike to Stone Mountain or riding his bike downtown on his way to an Atlanta United home game.

Episodes

Episodes

Tuesday Oct 08, 2024

In this episode, we welcome Professor Vibha Lama, Vice Chair of Research in the Emory DOM and the Augustus J. McKelvey Chair in Lung Transplantation Medicine at Emory, into the podcast studio. Dr. Lama describes her "path less traveled" from medical school to leading expert in lung transplant rejection and her research focused on the biology of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). Dr. Lama also shares her love of gardening and the meaning of the songs that she contributes to the Research Ride playlist.

Wednesday Apr 10, 2024

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Inaki Sanz, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Emory and a world-renowned expert in the biology of autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus. Dr. Sanz discusses the diverse manifestations of this disease and his research, focused on understanding why the immune systems of lupus patients attack their own tissues. Dr. Sanz also shares his insights into how to build a robust research program, as well as his memories of competing in the Olympic Games.

Wednesday Oct 11, 2023

Welcome back for Episode 6 of the Research Ride Podcast! In this episode, Ride Leader, Charlie Searles, MD is joined by Jeanie Park, MD, translational scientist, nephrologist, and expert in hypertension. Dr. Park discusses her journey from poet/pianist to basic scientist to clinician to translational research investigator who conducts innovative studies of the "flight or fight" response in humans with kidney disease, hypertension, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Dr. Park also demonstrates her eclectic music tastes in the songs that she contributes to the Research Ride playlist, available on Spotify!

Thursday Jun 29, 2023

In this episode, Louise Hecker, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, and Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator discusses her journey into understanding why the tissue injury repair process goes awry during aging, the development of drugs that can treat tissue fibrosis, and how she has spun her discoveries into companies. Dr. Hecker also reveals her "walk-out" songs during the podcast, which you can listen to on our Research Ride Spotify playlist HERE!

Tuesday May 09, 2023

In this episode, Neal Dickert, MD, PhD, research ethicist and associate professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology, returns for part II to discuss his research on shared decision making between clinicians and their patients and how clinicians communicate out-of-pocket expenses (financial toxicity) of medicines to their patients. Dr. Dickert also shares the songs that he wants to contribute to the Research Ride playlist and how you can follow him on the Peloton leaderboard.

Tuesday May 09, 2023

In this episode, Neal Dickert, MD, PhD, research ethicist and associate professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology discusses his journey from philosophy major in college to physician-scientist who studies the process of informed consent for participation in clinical trials of emergency care and how clinical investigators should effectively and respectfully communicate with acutely ill patients. Dr. Dickert also provides advice on what other investigators should and should not do early in their research careers.

Tuesday May 09, 2023

In this episode, Ted Johnson, MD, division director of the Division of General Internal Medicine and chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, discusses how he found his research niche in nocturia (i.e. urinating at night), lessons he has learned from both sides of the mentorship coin, how his childhood experiences inspired him to serve vulnerable human (and canine) populations, the origin of his Twitter handle (@BaldHeadTed), and the three songs he cannot live without. 

Tuesday May 09, 2023

In this episode, Jessica Alvarez, PhD, RD, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, discusses how her training as a clinical nutritionist influenced her research, her research journey to understand how diet impacts diseases like cystic fibrosis, the role of nutritional metabolomics in predicting health and disease, and the one food she would eat if she was marooned on a desert island (you may be surprised)!

Tuesday May 09, 2023

In this episode, Nadine Rouphael, MD, executive director of the Hope Clinic and professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, discusses her journey with Emory's Hope Clinic and its involvement in the development of the COVID-19 vaccines, the future of the COVID-19 vaccines, as well as her family and her love of cooking.

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Next Guest: Dr. Louise Hecker

Dr. Hecker received her BA in biology from Hartwick College (2000), MA in ecology, evolution and behavior from Binghamton University (2002), MS in cell and developmental biology (2007) and PhD in applied physics (2008) from the University of Michigan. Her broad research interest is in regenerative biology and medicine – a common theme that spans all of the diverse projects within my research portfolio.

With the growing elderly population, there has been a rise in the incidence/prevalence of age-related lung diseases. Research in Dr. Hecker's lab is broadly focused on:

(1) Understanding how normal physiologic repair responses “go awry” in aging and their contribution to the pathogenesis of age-dependent lung diseases. 

(2) Developing novel treatments that target age-associated pathological mechanisms and ultimately promote repair.

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Each episode, featured guests will share the songs they cannot live without. Expand your musical library and get to know DOM researchers a little more personally.

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